[ncdnhc-discuss] Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks Public Submissions

[Milton Mueller]

Erick:
Thanks for forwarding this, I think.

I would encourage NCDNHC members not to waste their
time submitting comments to this particular process.
The degree to which ICANN will be restructured is now 
in the hands of the US Government and wider political
forces. A great deal of behind the scenes activity is underway 
now; ICANN itself is widely perceived as a failure.

A Board committee is not the forum in which these decisions
should or will be made. The Board itself, which under the Lynn
plan would be able to perpetuate itself by self-selecting 
its replacements in perpetuity, has a bit of a conflict of 
interest in reviewing other proposals, which is why the results 
of this particular exercise will not have much significance.

ICANN management and its dominant Board faction has
made it clear what it wants (the Lynn plan). The Board has
indicated that it is willing to ignore its own hand-picked ALSC,
which consumed hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it
is more than willing to ignore the DNSO (.org, .info country
reservations, etc., etc.) Why do you think it will be any 
different this time?

I see no reason to expend any effort on this.

--MM

>>> Erick Iriarte <faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe> 03/27/02 08:34AM >>>
FYI

Erick Iriarte

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>Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:34:37 -0800
>From: Louis Touton <touton at icann.org>
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>Subject: [council] Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks
Public 
>Submissions
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>
>To the Names Council:
>
>At the ICANN Board meeting held in Accra on 14 March 2002, the
Committee
>on ICANN Evolution and Reform was charged with consulting with the
>community concerning reform proposals and reporting back with
>recommendations to be considered by the Board at its Bucharest
meeting
>on 28 June 2002.  As part of its work to meet this challenge, today
the
>Evolution and Reform Committee made the following announcement to the
>community.  The Committee looks forward to working with the Names
>Council in developing a sound approach to meeting the challenges that
>face the entire ICANN community.
>
>Louis Touton
>ICANN Secretary
>
>==================================================================
>   Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks Public Submissions
>
>The Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform welcomes public input
from
>all interested persons or entities on the presently ongoing review of
>ICANN's mission, structure, and processes. The earlier the input, the
>more useful it will be in helping the Committee, so it encourages all
>input as soon as possible. The Committee will of course consider all
>comments received, but the expedited schedule that the Committee is
>required to meet means that earlier comments will inevitably be more
>useful than later ones. Any comments received after 29 April 2002 are
>likely to be significantly less useful than those received by that
date.
>
>While the Committee has not reached any conclusion that the proposal
put
>forth by Stuart Lynn is in whole or in part the most appropriate way
to
>meet this goal, it believes that proposal can serve as a useful point
>of reference for analysis and discussion. Thus, it would be helpful
for
>comments to make reference to that document, and point out areas of
>agreement and disagreement. The Committee would particularly benefit
>from hearing views on:
>
>    (1) What is or should be ICANN's mission? In this regard, please
use
>the recent staff posting as your starting point, and tell us (a)
which
>if any of the activities listed there should not be part of ICANN's
>mission, (b) whether there are additional activities not listed that
>should be part of ICANN's mission, and (c) what mechanisms are
>available, once ICANN's mission statement is finalized, to minimize
the
>risk that ICANN will stray beyond those boundaries.
>
>    (2) Are the issues raised in Stuart Lynn's report a correct
>perception of the problems facing ICANN? If not, why not? What are
the
>real problems?
>
>    (3) Are the specific suggested reforms set forth in that report
>appropriate, and likely to be workable and effective? If not, why
not?
>What are your ideas for workable and effective alternatives?
>
>    (4) Assuming you believe that structural and procedural reforms
are
>necessary to ensure that ICANN carries out its mission, what
transition
>mechanisms or approaches should be used to migrate from the status
quo
>to the future environment? Over what time period should this
migration
>take place?
>
>In addition to receiving and reviewing public input, the Committee
plans
>to engage in an intense effort to gather all relevant information
>(including public comments past and future), consider all options
that
>are consistent with ICANN accomplishing its mission and remaining
true
>to its core values, reach out to those in the ICANN community that it
>believes can be helpful, and make recommendations to the ICANN Board
on
>a schedule that will allow the Board to post whatever it sees fit no
>later than 31 May 2002.
>
>Comments can be forwarded to the Committee in three different ways:
>
>    1. Substantive submissions can be made to
reform-comments at icann.org.
>All submissions made will be reviewed, sorted by subject, indexed,
and
>posted on the ICANN forum web site. This mechanism is intended to
>promote thoughtful community discussion of the issues involved in the
>ICANN reform process.
>
>    2. The Committee has also established an e-mail address
>(reform at icann.org) which can be used for direct communications to the
>Committee, including both inquiries and comments regarding the
>Committee's report and proposals for the Committee's consideration.
>Submissions to this address will not be routinely posted.
>
>    3. Finally, the existing web-based forum on President Lynn's
proposal
>will remain available to all who wish to use it. This forum is
>automatically updated and will not be sorted in any way.
>
>The Committee encourages all interested parties to offer their views
on
>the important and complicated subject of ICANN evolution and reform.
It
>will appreciate all the help it can get in formulating
recommendations.

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